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De%20sousa Name Meaning

Portuguese: habitational name with preposition de ‘from’ for someone from any of numerous places in Portugal named Sousa (see Sousa ). This name was also taken to Goa and other Portuguese settlements in western India. Compare De Souza and D'Souza . Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the surname their families used as Catholics.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: De Moura, D'souza, Sousa, De Souza, De Sa, De Noia, De Soto, De Sorbo

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